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110 ordinary English translations of the Conditional Statement do not properly represent the Latin. The following differences in idiom should be carefully noticed:

(A) Indicative: (B) Subjunctive, Primary tenses: (C) Subjunctive, Secondary tenses:

Principles of Indirect Quotation. § 245. In Indirect or Oblique Quotation, what has been said, is not quoted in the words of the speaker, but in construction after a Verb of Saying, of Questioning, or of Requesting.

There are three kinds of Indirect Quotation: Indirect Statement, Indirect Question, and Indirect Request.

§ 246. Indirect Statements.—These are made in the Infinitive with the Accusative.

Clōdĭŭs ăbĭīt Clodius has departed becomes in the Indirect Statement, dīcĭt Clōdĭum ăbīsse he says that Clodius has departed. In Negative Statements nĕgō is generally used instead of dīcō .... nōn; Clōdĭus nōn ăbībĭt Clodius will not depart becomes nĕgăt Clōdĭum ăbĭtūrum he says Clodius will not depart.

§ 247. Indirect Questions.—Direct Questions are Simple, Alternative, or Particular (§ 210).

When Simple Questions are made Indirect, an Interrogative Particle (-nĕ or num) must be inserted. Direct: ăbĭīt (or ăbĭītnĕ) Clōdĭŭs? has Clodius departed? Indirect: